President Bola Tinubu has declared a nationwide security emergency following a series of banditry attacks and rolled out four directives for security agencies.
The Federal Government has reopened the YEIDEP 2025 portal, offering Nigerian youths aged 18–35 grants of N50,000 to N500,000 with required documents.
The White House said Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had "caved" to President Donald Trump, after Canada dropped a tax on US tech firms that prompted Trump to call off trade talks. Prime Minister Carney and Canada caved to President Trump and the United States of America," Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a daily briefing.
Guests poured in through an entry gate on the ground floor of a castle. She paid the 1,500 naira ($1) entry fee, but seemed less keen on buying ride tickets.
Four former executives at South Africa's failing transport company were arrested and charged Monday over allegations of corruption worth millions of dollars in a high-profile case linked to the plunder of state resources. The web of corruption that hollowed out the companies is commonly referred to as "state capture" in South Africa.
The Asian Development Bank was trying "very hard" to accommodate US concerns over lending to China, the bank's president told AFP, including by slashing loans to the world's second-largest economy. "I try very hard to accommodate the issues of the United States," he said.
The naira showed resilience against the US dollar last week, climbing to N1,537 per dollar as the FX reserves rose, while crude oil prices hit a new high.
The tax expert explained that the poorest Nigerians will be exempt from tax under the new law and outlined which income earners are classified as poor.
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund has warned students to be cautious of a fake online portal with fraudulent messages trying to lure students to share sensitive data.
The High Court in London rejected a legal challenge on Monday brought by a Palestinian rights group seeking to block the UK from supplying components for Israeli F-35 fighter jets. In its claim to the High Court, rights group Al-Haq called for a judicial review, saying the "carve out" was unlawful and alleging the government had misunderstood the applicable rules of international law.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the world to "rev up the engine of development" at an aid conference in Spain on Monday at a time when US-led cuts are jeopardising the fight against poverty and climate change.
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